2008 Woodie Awards
Candidates square off over issues
SG debate offers students chance to hear what potential officers hope to accomplish
Katie Jones
Staff writer
Issue date: 2/14/08 Section: News
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The presidential candidates gave opening remarks and introduced themselves, followed by the vice presidential candidates and the candidates for Treasury.
Alesha Brown, a third-year political science student and presidential candidate addressed her "Top 10 Campaign," similar to the "Lucky seven plan" she pushed as SG Treasurer.
"We have ten feasible initiatives that we're going to work on if I am elected to office," Brown said. "And even if I'm not elected to office, I am still going to work with whoever gets in there so we can push these things. The real reason for us to be here today is to work for the students."
Two other presidential candidates, Andrew Gaeckle, a third-year international studies student, and Andreas Krammer, a third-year finance and economics student, also talked about the initiatives they would push and spoke of working for and with the student body.
"We all have a lot of platform ideas that we really want to work on," Krammer said.
Krammer said his biggest platform idea was becoming more in touch with the student body.
"I think there is a big void between the Student Government and the student body itself," Krammer said. "The key word in Student Body President is Student."
Vice presidential candidates Christopher McNamee and DeShawn Mitchell, both third-year political science students, and Meredith Ross, a second-year political science student also focused on working with the entire student body.
"I will offer practical solutions to practical problems as I work to help unite all of Carolina," Mitchell said.
A crowd of students that filled the third floor lobby of the Russell House attended the debate to hear the candidates' platforms and to show support.
"I came out to support the current treasurer," said Nikitia Smith, a fourth-year early childhood education student, of Brown. "I know that she cares for us and I know that she will do a good job."
Emily Supil, a first-year accounting student, said she already decided to support Gaeckle, but attended to hear the vice presidential and treasurer candidates.
"I came here to support Andrew Gaeckle," Supil said. "I wanted to hear what the other candidates had to offer."
Treasurer candidates Terrance Lanier , a second-year economics student, Randy Gaines, a fourth-year sports and entertainment management student and Jonathan Antonio, a second-year accounting and finance student, discussed issues surrounding the allocation of funding to student organizations.
Meal plans, textbooks and Cocky spirit were among topics discussed.
Candidates also asked questions of one another, mainly focusing on how initiatives would be implemented.
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